The Ministry of Industry in South Korea said that exports rose by 25.8 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year . The ministry stated that exports recorded their highest level ever, against the backdrop of strong demand for chips and petroleum products amid the global economic recovery . The volume of …

The head of the Popular Mobilization Forces, Faleh al-Fayyad, said today, Saturday, that the ruling (fatwa) of the religious reference for Sufficiency Jihad contributed to the unity of Iraq and the expulsion of terrorism, stressing that Al-Sistani’s stances protected Iraq from dangers. During his speech at march that took place …

The head of Al-Fateh Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri, confirmed today, Saturday, that The Popular Mobilization Forces will remain strong ,regardless of the plots against it, noting that Al-Sistani’s fatwa led to the liberation of Iraq. Al-Amiri said during his speech at the popular march that took place today in central Baghdad …

The French government has suspended a road travel prohibition for UK nationals, allowing Britons to drive through France to reach their residential homes in EU member states. The decision came on Friday, after the UK government criticized the French move to ban UK nationals from transiting across France and asked for …

COVID-19 infections across the UK hit record high levels in all parts of the country just before Christmas, with an estimated 2.3 million cases, new figures show. According to data published by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Friday, the new record registered in the week up to December …

Russia has reportedly test-fired around 10 new Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine as tensions between Moscow and the West escalate over Ukraine. Russia’s Interfax news agency reported the development on Friday, citing sources from the country’s northern fleet. “Admiral Gorshkov successfully conducted …

The Russian foreign minister says Moscow may be forced to “eliminate unacceptable threats” to national security, as US President Joe Biden reiterated threats against Russia during a 50-minute phone conversation with his counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Sergei Lavrov warned on Friday that the West’s aggressive approach and threat of sanctions could force …

France has culled 600,000 to 650,000 chickens, ducks and other poultry over the past month, officials said Friday, in a race to contain a bird flu virus threatening to become the fourth major outbreak in the country since 2015. The Agriculture Ministry reported virus clusters at 26 factory farms, mainly …

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest data shows that the highly transmissible omicron variant of COVID-19 is sending children to the hospital in record numbers. Within weeks, Omicron has caused thousands of new COVID-19 hospitalizations among American children, according to the CDC. The seven-day-average number of …

Iraqi President Barham Saleh has called on the new parliament to hold its first session on January 9, more than two months after the parliamentary elections whose results were ratified with much delay this week. “I signed the presidential decree inviting the new parliament to meet on January 9,” said …

Yemeni Foreign Minister in the National Salvation Government Hisham Sharaf Abdullah has called upon the UN Security Council to hold Saudi Arabia and its arms suppliers to account in accordance with the international law over their war crimes in the crisis-stricken Arab country. Abdullah, in identical letters addressed to the …

As more Arab countries are taking steps toward normalization with the Syrian government, Bahrain has appointed its first ambassador to the war-ravaged country after relations were strained following the outbreak of foreign-sponsored militancy in March 2011. Bahrain’s state-run news agency BNA reported that Waheed Mubarak Sayyar has been appointed to …

Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Israeli raids and other acts of aggression have put the occupied West Bank on the brink of an “explosion.” Abbas told the Russian president during a telephone conversation on Thursday that Israeli settlements, land confiscation, home demolitions and “settler …

Two rockets have fallen into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tel Aviv, with the Israeli military claiming they were fired from the besieged Gaza Strip. Informed sources with Palestinian resistance groups told the Palestine al-Aan news website that the rocket fire came during stormy weather on Saturday morning, …

Amid heightened tensions, the US Air Force flew a second spy aircraft over eastern Ukraine hours before the telephonic conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday. According to reports, the overflight was carried out on Thursday morning to gather intelligence about the Russian …